I was doing irrigation in our region and before the coming of GiveDirectly, I was only using buckets to water my plants. However, I acquired a water pumping generator, water tanks and pipes to help me do my irrigation with ease. I have been able to plant a variety of the vegetables, since it's now less costly as compared to before. I am expecting to sell more vegetables and earn increased income. I also bought a bicycle that has also been of great help in fetching water for my irrigation from far places when the water sources that I depend on have dried up.

In my view , GiveDirectly has done well on choosing and enrolling us in to their program and we can attest that this money has changed and brought a positive impact in our lives. Because firstly, we have been able to pay for our children school fees, building new houses and many more things. I do not see anything that GiveDirectly does not do well.

I have been practicing agriculture for a long time. I was mainly planting vegetables which I then sell in our locality and earning income from it. I needed to improve it by adding and investing more resources to it. When I received my second transfer, I purchased water storage tanks, and watering pipes.l also purchased some 16 bags of cement and sand in order to build a raised platform structure for these water tanks. This will allow me to water my plants with ease. I also laid the watering pipes in my farm. I spent the amount that remained to buy foodstuffs and also did some shopping for some household items.

The money has really improved my life since it has enabled to effectively boost my business of selling vegetables from my farm to my neighbours and also watering them is no longer a problem because with the small generator I bought, it now possible to pump water to the farm. To me this is the biggest difference in my daily life.

I was awakened by a message and on checking, it was from GiveDirectly notifying that I had actually received the transfer that they had promised us in our village. Previously I had thought that whatever GiveDirectly had promised was a lie but now this notification fully convinced me that it was a reality. I felt happy and peaceful for I never thought of receiving such an amount of money.

I spent my first transfer to buy a small power generator to help me pump water to my vegetable shamba. I have a small shamba that I plant vegetables like sukuma wiki, brinjals and tomatoes and previously I was using only buckets to fetch water to irrigate them which was tiresome and time-consuming. I thus purchased this generator that is fast and convenient and time-saving as it uses power to pump from a borehole. I sell these vegetables to earn an income. I am planning to spend the remaining amount to buy a water tank to store water for watering my vegetables and also I am planning to open a shop in my village to sell some fast moving goods to make a profit and expand my sources of income.